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Difference between 'wake up' & 'get up'

Difference between 'wake up' & 'get up'

Date: Sep 10 2007

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: guchhi

Lesson

The difference between wake up and get up is very small. But I thought it would be beneficial to know the exact difference. Wake up is when you wake up from sleep. Get up is when you get out of bed. Usually, when people wake up, they get up. However, sometimes people just stay in bed. In that situation, they couldn't use these two words interchangeably. Here is an example dialog showing the difference.

Person A: 'When did you get up this morning?'
Person B: 'I got up at 11.'
Person A: 'You slept at 11 last night. So you slept for 12 hours?'
Person B: 'No. I actually woke up at 9, but I just stayed in bed.'

When you talk to people, go ahead and use either of these two words. Just keep in mind that there is a small difference.

On a side note. When you ask someone when they woke up, you don't use the past tense of 'woke' although it is referring to the past. 'What time did you woke up this morning' is incorrect. The correct way to ask this question is, 'What time did you wake up this morning?'

Likewise, you wouldn't say, 'What time did you got up?' The correct way to say this is, 'What time did you get up?'

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so young

so young

Saudi Arabia

so nice..

I did not know that….

thanks so much…

09:31 AM Dec 30 2007 |

wendy冯

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

wa  I have  got it!  thank you !

12:38 PM Dec 28 2007 |

guoyong1220

China

Thank you! this is a good lesson for me !

06:54 PM Dec 26 2007 |

dr.saly

dr.saly

Jordan

thank you  alot man really small diffrent but big meaning

 

08:58 PM Dec 22 2007 |

wangchoooooo

China

In my mind it is quite different from each other .Somotimes wo wake up but we are not want to get up .generally speaking speaking ,we do sleep in bad for a long time ,however if we get up ,we will not sleep again.

08:06 PM Dec 22 2007 |

meyling01

meyling01

Peru

of course!! very easy!!

10:23 PM Dec 20 2007 |

wuyin

wuyin

China

i think i always get up ,open my eyes and then i wake upTongue out

04:17 PM Dec 20 2007 |

emmanuela

Brazil

thank you

12:10 AM Dec 19 2007 |

emmanuela

Brazil

thank you

12:09 AM Dec 19 2007 |

Karandeep Singh

India

thank you

06:15 AM Dec 15 2007 |

nana9

Algeria

thanks for the topic

06:36 PM Dec 13 2007 |

friend-forever

Pakistan

Welldone

I did not know before

Now I have come to know.

 Thanks a lot

09:58 AM Dec 13 2007 |

Yisus

Yisus

Peru

many thanks!!!

04:26 AM Dec 06 2007 |

sherry qi

sherry qi

China

thank u

04:12 AM Dec 06 2007 |

thesinhise

Viet Nam

thanks a lot

03:55 AM Dec 06 2007 |

aslama

Tunisia

thanks, it is my first lesson, because i just join this site, i always find problems to express in english without translate or using frensh.

07:16 PM Dec 05 2007 |

diegothex

diegothex

Peru

very interesting :) thanks a lot :)

05:27 PM Nov 29 2007 |

mimi_style

mimi_style

Morocco

Interested subject, thanks

01:07 AM Nov 29 2007 |

alice-wang

alice-wang

China

hi

12:58 AM Nov 29 2007 |

lol80

lol80

Peru

yeah pretty interesting !thank you so much!!dude!

09:26 PM Nov 28 2007 |

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